Lacing device



A. C. WHITEMAN.

LACING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED M124. 1921.

1,393,188. Patented 001. 11, 1921.

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UNITED STATES ALLEN CLAY WHITEMAN, OF LA CROSSE, KANSAS.

LACING DEVICE.

Application filed May 24, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALLEN CLAY lVrrrrn- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at La (.lrosse, in the county of Bush and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Lacing Device, of which the following is av specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a simple but efiective means whereby the wings of a corset, glove, shoe or other article may be drawn together readily, means being provided whereby the flexible element or lace will be mounted anti-frictionally, the construction being such that the lace will not become detached from the article.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is an elevation showing one of the pulleys.

In Fig. 1, the numeral 1 denotes the wingsor sides of a shoe, glove, corset or other article, one wing having a tongue,

ordinarily, the tongue 2 overlapping the other wing. Oppositely disposed guides 3 are mounted on the wings 1. Each guide is composed on an inner plate 4: and an outer plate 5, the inner plate 4: bearing against the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

Serial No. 472,089.

wing 1. Securing elements 6 pass through the plates 4 and 5. The securing elements 6 have heads 7 engaging the outer plate 5 and may be provided at their inner ends with prongs 8 engaging the part 1, the securing elements passing through the said part 1. On each securing element 6, a pulley 9 is journaled, the pulleys being located between the plates 4 and 5. Each pulley has a grooved thread 10, provided with transverse ribs 11.

A flexible element is extended as shown at 18 in Fig. 1 between the lowermost guides 3, and passes between the pulleys 9 of the said guides. The flexible element is crossed on itself, as indicated at 14, as it extends upward, and is prolonged between the pulleys 9 of each guide 3. The upper free ends 15 of the flexible element may be tied together or secured otherwise.

.In practical operation, the wings 1 may be separated readily, since the flexible element is carried anti-frictionally by the pulleys 9. The ribs 11 enhance the hold of the flexible element on the pulleys and secure a rotation of the pulleys, as distinguished from a sliding movement of the flexible element.

I claim In a device of'the class described, co operating wings; guides disposed upon the wings, each guide embodying pulleys having grooved treads provided with transverse ribs; and a flexible element extended be tween the pulleys of each guide and 00- operating with the threads and the ribs thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALLEN CLAY lVHITE-MAN. lVitnesses:

HARRY T. FISH, M. M. WILSON. 

